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Subject: Freedom of Information Request: National Park Service Fee Policy

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To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:

Any communications or correspondence (email, written, or otherwise) between Acting National Park Service Director Michael T. Reynolds, or his staff, and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, or his staff, regarding the proposed targeted fee increase at selected national park. The National Park Service announced this proposed fee increase on October 24, 2017. More information about the policy in question can be found here: https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/10-24-2017-fee-changes-proposal.htm This requests seeks documents produced between June 1, 2017 and the date this request is processed.

I am a reporter with Pacific Standard magazine, and the requested documents will be made available to the general public. This request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Your failure-to-timely-respond appeal may be filed anytime after theestimated response date provided above and the date we issue our finalresponse. The appeal should be marked, both on the envelope and the face ofthe appeal letter, with the legend "FREEDOM OF INFORMATION APPEAL." Yourappeal should be accompanied by a copy of your original request and copiesof all correspondence between yourself and the National Park Servicerelated to this request, along with any information you have which leadsyou to believe our response to be in error. Note, any appeal receivedafter 5 p.m. EST will be considered to have been received on the nextbusiness day.

I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 25, 2017. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Nov. 22, 2017. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #NPS-2018-00088.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 25, 2017. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Nov. 27, 2017. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #NPS-2018-00088.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 25, 2017. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Nov. 27, 2017. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #NPS-2018-00088.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 25, 2017. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Nov. 27, 2017. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #NPS-2018-00088.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 25, 2017. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Nov. 27, 2017. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #NPS-2018-00088.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 25, 2017. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Nov. 27, 2017. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #NPS-2018-00088.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 25, 2017. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Nov. 27, 2017. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #NPS-2018-00088.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

The final response package for this request is undergoing final review. Ihope to be able to issue our response shortly.

I apologize for the delay in getting this information to you. Please note,because we were not able to process your request within the required twentyworkday period you have the right to appeal. You may file an appeal bywriting to:

Your failure-to-timely-respond appeal may be filed anytime between now andthe date we issue our final response. The appeal should be marked, both onthe envelope and the face of the appeal letter, with the legend "FREEDOM OFINFORMATION APPEAL." Your appeal should be accompanied by a copy of youroriginal request and copies of all correspondence between yourself and theNational Park Service related to this request, along with any informationyou have which leads you to believe our response to be in error. Note, anyappeal received after 5 p.m. EST will be considered to have been receivedon the next business day.

I'm following up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 25, 2017. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Nov. 27, 2017. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #NPS-2018-00088.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.